Alexa and her backup singers are ready to ring in the new year

Try it: "Alexa, sing Auld Lang Syne"

By Day One Staff

on December 28, 2017

Did you know? There are Amazonians who spend their workdays dreaming up fun surprises for owners of the Echo and our other Alexa-enabled devices. These employees are the reason Alexa is ready when you say, "Alexa, tell me a joke" or "Alexa, sing a song."

With 2018 approaching, they came up with the idea of finding Alexa some backup singers — an a cappella group to sing the harmonies on the New Year's Eve classic "Auld Lang Syne." So they reached out to the engineers, executive assistants, managers, and other Amazon employees who sing together under the name Vocally Self Critical, and a first-of-its-kind collaboration was born.

If you have an Alexa-enabled device, try saying "Alexa, sing Auld Lang Syne." Along with Alexa, these are the voices you'll hear: